Idle too high - throttle spring will not return all the way?

[Solace]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Solace]

Hey all, got the bike running fairly well now but the idle is too high. I thought something wrong with the carbs, but no I don't think so, not internally.

I DISCONNECTED the throttle and she idles high. If I push down slightly on the idle adjust throttle control assembly it idles down pretty nicely! Just where I want. 

I think the spring needs to be replaced, what do you think? Also share a link if you got one?

[Solace]

Yuck, I think I found the "Throttle Return Spring" 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/132595147550

[Solace]

Yeah, looks like I need a new one, here's a decent video on the matter: 

 

[saddlebum]

If it has cruise control make sure the transition unit were all the cable converge is not hanging up or incorrectly adjusted.

[Solace]

Yeah it's completely disconnected. I feel the throttle return spring doesn't have enough strength. Spent all night researching springs lol... 

[Marcarl]

Might have something to do with the return cable adjustment or routing.

[TTrax]

I had this happen to me with cable routing last year, after one of the many times I had the carbs off. When the engine was cold, I didn't have any sticking. When it warmed up, the throttle wanted to stick. What had happened was a couple of cables (choke and one of the push pull throttle cables) had been twisted in a loose helix shape around each other. I didn't think that this was enough to cause the problem but when I routed the cables so they were all parallel to each other, the problem went away.